If you lived through 9/11 here and saw that the ONLY person you could turn to that day for hope and optimism and strength was not Bush, not Pataki, not ANYONE except Rudy, you would know he fits the bill.
He attended EVERY fireman’s funeral that was feasible even during his prostate cancer.
He crushed crime. I didn’t recognize many areas that two year earlier were infested with narcotics and prostitutes, who would roam freely with no fear on a given street.
He’s the real deal. Some will come back with “he’s back abortion and gays!!!”
I can’t read his mind and know if he’s changed his opinion, like Trump has, on abortion, but decisions on these issues won’t be made by him anyway. The president will make them.
Rudy is the guy.
I have lots of immediate family in Manhattan and have spent extensive time there including just before and after 9/11. I know he cleaned up the city and I much prefer him to Romney, but I don’t know his instincts and worldview foreign policy wise: China, Russia, Korea et al. And I wonder why Trump is seeming to take his time in particular even though Rudy is right in front of him...maybe the fears in the confirmation process? Foreign contracts? Conflicts of interest?